Legal Opinion

Crouse v. Murphy

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 2, 1891No. 42PublishedCited by 29 opinions

APPEAL BY CHARLES ROGGENMOSER FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS HO. 2 OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 42 July Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 527 March Term 1888, C. P. No. 2. On February 1, 1889, a scire facias was issued at the suit of John Crouse and Elizabeth Schwartz, trading as Crouse & Schwartz, to revive against Daniel Murphy, defendant, and Charles Roggenmoser, terre-tenant, a judgment for $1,000, entered on April 27, 1888, in favor of the plaintiff and against said…

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APPEAL BY CHARLES ROGGENMOSER FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS HO. 2 OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 42 July Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 527 March Term 1888, C. P. No. 2. On February 1, 1889, a scire facias was issued at the suit of John Crouse and Elizabeth Schwartz, trading as Crouse & Schwartz, to revive against Daniel Murphy, defendant, and Charles Roggenmoser, terre-tenant, a judgment for $1,000, entered on April 27, 1888, in favor of the plaintiff and against said Daniel Murphy. The terre-tenant, Roggenmoser, having appeared and made defence, a case stated was agreed upon showing…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion,

Mr. Justice Williams:

The intention to protect an innocent purchaser against secret liens and conveyances manifested itself very early in this state. An act of the colonial legislature passed in 1772The intention to protect an innocent purchaser against secret liens and conveyances manifested itself very early in this state. An act of the colonial legislature passed in 1772* made it the duty of “ any judge or other officer of a court of record within this province, that shall sign any judgments,” to enter the date of signing on the margin of the record, and declared that the lien of…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Wood v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1844
  2. Ridgway, Budd & Co.'s AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1850
  3. York Bank's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1860
  4. Myer v. FegalySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1861
  5. Hutchinson's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Coral Gables, Inc. v. KerlSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  2. Penna. Co. for Insurances on Lives & Granting Annuities v. HalpernSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
  3. Arch Street Building & Loan Assn. v. SookSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  4. Philadelphia v. Anderson, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1891
  5. Apollo Borough v. ClepperSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1910

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